‘I thought my family died in the Holocaust. Then a DNA test found my lost relatives’
- Posted on January 26, 2026
- By The Independent
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‘I thought my family died in the Holocaust. Then a DNA test found my lost relatives’

Adriana Turk grew up in Australia believing that her entire family tree had been wiped out in Hitler’s genocide. She tells Maira Butt how a DNA test helped her discover long-lost family living all over the world - and why it sends a message of hope to the Jewish community